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Saturday, 29 September 2012

Originally posted on jagjaguwar.com - 18 September 2012 | Written by Katie

Happy release day to Dinosaur Jr.! I Bet On Sky is now available around the world! Don’t wait to pick up your copy – lots of different purchasing options! Head to SC Distribution for a limited 7″, iTunes for a live bonus track and finally, get out to your local record store
to pick up the album right away! You can listen to a couple of tracks
from the new album! Check out the video for “Watch The Corners,”
starring Tim Heidecker, below! Stream “Pierce The Morning Rain” HERE.

Dinosaur Jr. is headed out on one heck of tour in support of the new album! You’ll find all the dates and ticket links HERE.
Did you happen to see those awesome “Fifty Shades of J” stickers
Dinosaur Jr. shared with fans last week? They’re now available online at
the J. Mascis website or pick one up from the gang personally at a show!

This is exciting news indeed; Fox may actually now produce some decent superhero adaptations.

SIGNALLING its intention to take superhero adaptations seriously and ensure respect to the source material, Twentieth Century Fox has brought on Mark Millar as a creative consultant for the Marvel Comics properties it owns.

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Nintendo is unleashing the largest launch-day video game lineup in its history for its new Wii U™ home console. When Wii U launches in the Americas on Nov. 18, 23 games from Nintendo and its third-party publishing partners will be ready to play as well. These include Nintendo-published games like Nintendo Land™, New Super Mario Bros.™ U, SiNG PARTY™ and NINJA GAIDEN™ 3: Razor's Edge, as well as third-party powerhouses like ZombiU™ from Ubisoft, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II from Activision Publishing, Inc., Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two from Disney Interactive, EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 13 from Electronic Arts and Scribblenauts™ Unlimited from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

"We're making sure that Wii U owners will have great games to play from the moment they open the box, and that a steady stream of fun new games is always on the way," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president and COO. "We have something for everyone, from new franchises to creative new approaches to familiar favorites."

The high-definition Wii U system is available in two versions in the Americas, and each comes with a touch-screen Wii U GamePad controller. The Basic Set will be offered in white at a suggested retail price of $299.99 in the United States, while the Deluxe Set, which includes higher storage capacity, additional accessories and Nintendo Land, will be offered in black at a suggested retail price of $349.99 in the United States.

Wii U owners who connect their systems to the Internet also unlock a vast array of features to enhance their gaming, social and entertainment experiences. This includes features such as Nintendo eShop, which allows users to buy and download games directly to their systems, and Miiverse™, an online gaming community that lets players interact in new ways and share playing tips. Wii U owners in the United States and Canada will also have access to Nintendo TVii, which lets users access multiple sources of entertainment through a convenient GamePad interface.

The Wii U is launching in Australia on November 30th, that’s simple enough to get but what games are you going to be able to buy on day one? What games are coming out within this ‘launch window’ that Nintendo talks about?

This guide hopes to help sort all this out, at least over time.

You see at the moment there are about 40 games due between launch and March 2013 which is the launch window. That’s a lot of games, but only a few of them are coming at launch and that list is being added to at this point on a daily basis.

So if you’re looking at buying a Wii U and want a big list of games to pick from here’s the best place to check them all out in one go.

We’ll be updating the list from time to time, adding in more details, images and trailers as times goes on and the launch gets closer. If you have any questions, any problems with the list be sure to let us know in the comments and we’ll sort it out.

Roll up! Roll up! Take a stroll
around this virtual theme park and enjoy all things Nintendo! Explore 12
lively attractions, each inspired by a popular Nintendo franchise, and
enjoy them solo or with others, depending on the game.* It’s charming,
entertaining and unique – it’s Nintendo Land!

Nintendo Land makes the most of the Wii U console’s capabilities to
give each player a unique experience. Up to four players using Wii
Remote Plus controllers can play on the television, but holding the
GamePad lets you use its integrated screen to get new perspectives and
access information the other players can’t see. Your experience changes
every time you play, depending on whether you use the GamePad, hold a
Wii Remote Plus or just watch and try to offer advice to others.
Experience it all!

13th September 2012 - Following today's European Nintendo Direct
presentation, Nintendo
Australia announces that their latest
home console, Wii U, will launch across Australia and New Zealand on 30th
November, 2012. Wii U is an HD
console that offers more choice and variety of gameplay than ever before, with brand
new gaming experiences enabled by the innovative Wii U GamePad controller, whether playing alone or together with
friends. The Wii U GamePad offers an integrated second screen and can also be
used independently of the TV set with certain software.

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Nintendo’s been dripping out announcements over the past two days about the upcoming Wii U announcements. There’s Nintendo Direct’s going on in Japan and Europe, Nintendo of America is holding their own event and it’s due to take place tomorrow. That’s September 13th for the majority of the world and that’s where the confusion sets in.

So in a bid to cut confusion and give everyone all the links they need to watch the events we’ve listed them all below in chronological order. That only goes so far because the European and America events are at the same time, just on opposite sides of the world.

It’s expected that everything we need to know about the Wii U will be announced tomorrow. Pricing, availability, launch line up and more.

Vooks will be live Tweeting all the events, you’ll be able to follow the action from in a story going up tomorrow or Twitter itself, for that you’ll need to follow myself.

But below is what you’re here for, the times and places you’ll want to tune in.

Where’s My Australian Details? This is an Aussie site!

There is no Australian specific Nintendo Wii U event, we will be getting our details at the same time as Europe but their presentation won’t refer to them. Stick to Vooks as we will have the information as soon as we learn it from Nintendo Australia.

For those who haven’t seen this sort of thing before, we reblog your reactions, your quotes, along with screenshots and gifs as they happen on the broadcast — it happens on your tv and you see it in your dashboard.

We do this from 9p-10:15p EDT, take a break to adjust the Helmic regulator, put up some non-spoilery posts during the break and then livetumbl again from 9:00p-10:15p Pacific Time.

Because we’re doing it in real time — there is no way for us to avoid posting spoilers during these hours!

**SO** if you need to avoid spoilers, install Tumblr Savior. <— That’s a link to instructions for all browsers. We will tag all of our posts ‘Asylum of the Daleks’. This will be the tag to avoid.We’re pinning this post to make sure that everyone sees *this specific piece of information*.

Alternate solutions include unfollowing and refollowing us or just stepping away from your dashboard for a bit b/c the UK premiere is just two hours away and we’re not the only ones who will be excited and posting reactions.

So yeah, for those of us who were with us for last season, we are so happy to have you back!For those who are #newtoWHOwe are so happy you are here! We have it on good authority that this season is going to be amazeballs!

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